Riff Tone
Black Horizons
Dissection
Guitarmetal1990s
Original Gear
GuitarESP Horizon (early 90s, likely custom or standard, as used by Jon Nödtveidt on 'The Somberlain')
AmpPeavey 6505 (or 5150, as used in early/mid-90s Swedish metal recordings)
PickupsEMG 81 (bridge, active humbucker)
Amp Settings
gain8.5
bass6
mid4
treble7.5
reverb1
presence6.5
Effects & Signal Chain
noise_gateUnknown Noise gate pedal (model unknown)
Notes
Studio recording, 1994. Gear inferred from era, genre, and typical Swedish black/death metal setups. No direct source confirms exact amp or pickup for 'Black Horizons', but ESP Horizon with EMG 81 and Peavey 5150/6505 are highly probable based on contemporaneous Swedish metal bands and Dissection's known gear for 'The Somberlain' era.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussivescooped midsaggressive palm mutinghigh-gain saturationarticulate tremolo pickingclear note separationcrisp attackslightly scooped, not overly thinminimal ambiencefocused, cutting sound
Difficulty
The main riff requires fast, accurate alternate picking and palm muting at high speed, with complex patterns and string skipping typical of melodic black/death metal.
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Original Gear
GuitarESP Horizon (early 90s, likely custom or standard, as used by Jon Nödtveidt on 'The Somberlain')
AmpPeavey 6505 (or 5150, as used in early/mid-90s Swedish metal recordings)
PickupsEMG 81 (bridge, active humbucker)
Amp Settings
gain8.5
bass6
mid4
treble7.5
reverb1
presence6.5
Effects & Signal Chain
noise_gateUnknown Noise gate pedal (model unknown)
Notes
Studio recording, 1994. Gear inferred from era, genre, and typical Swedish black/death metal setups. No direct source confirms exact amp or pickup for 'Black Horizons', but ESP Horizon with EMG 81 and Peavey 5150/6505 are highly probable based on contemporaneous Swedish metal bands and Dissection's known gear for 'The Somberlain' era.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussivescooped midsaggressive palm mutinghigh-gain saturationarticulate tremolo pickingclear note separationcrisp attackslightly scooped, not overly thinminimal ambiencefocused, cutting sound
Difficulty
The main riff requires fast, accurate alternate picking and palm muting at high speed, with complex patterns and string skipping typical of melodic black/death metal.
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